Cultivator.



A. A. & L. A., NASH. ouLTlvAToR.

. APPLICATION FILED MARJJ, 1912.

. 1,081,767. Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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WIYYVESSES i UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoE.

ALBERT A. NASH AND LEWIS A. NASH, 0F THURSTON, NEBRASKA.

CULTIVATOR. y

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16,1913.

Application filed March 9, 1912. Serial No. 6.82566.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that we, ALBERT ,.A. NASH and LEWIS A. NASH, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Thurston. in the county of Thurston and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usef ful Improvements in Cultivators, of which the followingis a specifidation. This invention relates to cultivators, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide a straddle rovv cultivator in which improved means are provided for rendering;r the cultivator shovels or disks adjustable and to permit the same to be moved by thel feet of the driver in any direction.

"Another object of the inventlon 1s to pro-- I videimproved means for steering and controlling the movements of theshovels or by means 4of the construction illustrated in disks.

These and other objects may be.- attained l the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa straddle rowV cultivator made in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the cultivator. y

Referring tothe drawings for a more particular description of the invention` the nu- 'meral 1 designates the rear arch; 2 is the front arch; 3 are the side bars of the frame; 4 are the seat supports; 5 is the seat; and (i are'the cultivator beams. The front Wheels 7 are mounted lon' stub axles 8 pivotally mounted in vokes 9 formed 4on the lower ends of the front arch 2. vThe rear Wheelsv 10 are the drive wheels and they are mounted upon stub axles 11 journaled in bearings '12 formedl upon the lower ends of the rear the motor casing 15. Fly Wheels 16 are mounted on-the inner ends of the shaft 14. A gasolene tank 17 is supported under the arch 1 and 'batteries 18are supported upon the arch 1. Connecting;` Wires 19 extend from the batteries 18 to 'the motors 15. Fuel supply pipes 20 extend from the tank 17 to the carbureters21 and from thence to the cylinders of the motors 15.

Steering rods 22 leadrom the front'axles 8 to a lever 23, one 4of said rods being senected to the side bars 3 of the frame near ,the longitudinal centers of said side bars, while the rear ends of'said beams 6 are suspended from chains 27, adjustably connected to hooks 28 attached to the seat supporting bars 4. By suspending the front ends of l the beams near the longitudinal centers of thel side bars of, the frame the desired inclination is given to the beams and at the same time the beams ,are shorteifed, thus giving greater eiiciency to the construction. On the rear ends of the beams 6 stirrups or foot rests 29 are provided. Connected to thebeams 6 are standards 30 to which the shovels 31 are secured.

. The operation of ourinvention may be briefly described as follows: The driver sitting upon the seat 5 places his feet upon the stirrups 29; with his hand upon the steering lever 2B, the machine is started, the driver movmnthe beams 6 to control the action of the snyvels or disks of the cultivator. -.From the foregoing, it Will be obvious that our cultivator may be successfully operated by a single persony and that it is simple in construction and easily managed.

We claim: n

A straddle row cultivator comprising front and rear arches connected together bv inclined longitudinal frame bars, wheels journaled to said arches, cultivator beams pivotally connected at their front ends near .the longitudinal centers of the vframe bars to give the required inclinations to the beams, a drivers seat mounted on the frame, chains connected to said beams at their rear cnds, hooks on the seat` framefor engaging links of said chains toprovide vertical adjustment of the beams. and cultivator shovels connected to said beams.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT A. NASH. y LEWIS A. NASH. Witnesses PAUL Rmnnnn. CLARENCE R. WooDBtmY. 

